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  • Blackstone Hires Stevi Petrelli as Head of Blackstone Innovations Investments

    Blackstone

    New York, July 27, 2021– Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced that Stevi Petrelli has joined the firm as Head of Blackstone Innovations Investments (BXI Investments) where she will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s internal investments in early-stage PropTech, Enterprise Tech, Cybersecurity and FinTech companies. She has joined as a Managing Director and, in this newly created role, will work across Blackstone’s Technology & Innovations, Growth, Real Estate, Private Wealth Solutions and Fin…

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  • Cyber Startup At-Bay Valued at $1.35 Billion After Funding Round

    Bloomberg

    At-Bay Inc., an insurance startup focused on cyber coverage, raised $185 million in a funding round that valued the company at $1.35 billion. Icon Ventures Inc. and Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round, which brought At-Bay’s total funding raised to $272 million, the company said Tuesday in a statement. The startup also said it will add Icon’s Preeti Rathi to its board. Large, frequent ransomware attacks in the past year have spurred many insurers to pull back on coverage or raise pri…

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  • Beyond Zoom: Can Virtual Reality And Hologram Tech Reinvigorate Remote Work?

    Bisnow

    During its annual I/O event in May, Alphabet Inc.’s Google showed off Starline, a high-tech video chat system that brings depth and lifelike reality to on-screen conversations. Other tech giants have similar ideas: WeWork has begun rolling out a hologram chat system in select New York, Los Angeles and Miami locations, while Microsoft has launched Microsoft Mesh, a smart glass-compatible means of showcasing 3D images of people during a conversation. These different spins on the sci-fi premise …

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  • Proptech revolution grows as landlords turn to big data to manage properties

    The Real Deal

    The proptech revolution is accelerating as building operators turn to big data to monitor everything from tenant relations to their properties’ energy use. “Companies are making every piece of information available to every single person in the organization,” Anita Kramer, senior vice president at the Urban Land Institute Center for Capital Markets and Real Estate, said in an interview. “That’s powerful.”

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  • NOW LIVE! Embedding Tech into Company Culture, Part 1

    CREtech+

    Marat Safir, Co-founder of TMG, discusses how he relied on tech to evolve during the pandemic, and his current focus on customer-centric technology.

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  • Two new mega-funds pile into climate-focused fund frenzy

    Pitchbook

    TPG has amassed private equity’s largest war chest dedicated to technology aiming to curb climate change amid a growing scramble by investors drawn to one of the world’s foremost global challenges. Texas-based TPG said Tuesday it has landed $5.4 billion in funding for the first close of its new Rise Climate Fund, and is still targeting a total of $7 billion, up from an initial goal of $5 billion. Hank Paulson, formerly a Treasury secretary and CEO of Goldman Sachs, serves as executive chairma…

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  • Commercial-Property Sales Volume Returns to Pre-Pandemic Levels

    The Wall Street Journal

    U.S. commercial real-estate sales this year have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, fueled by historically low interest rates and the belief of many investors that the worst of Covid-19 is over. But the commercial-property sales landscape looks a lot different than it did before the health crisis hit in early 2020. Cities including New York and San Francisco have fallen in favor as have property types such as downtown office buildings and convention hotels.

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  • WATCH NOW! Technology for Sustainability in the Built World, Part 1

    CREtech+

    Brad Dockster, Founder & CEO of Green Generation joins the Tech Talks with insights on driving up asset value with technology, and risk mitigating technology.

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  • CREtech Tech Consultants Are Producing Best-In-Class Tech Solutions for The World’s Top Real Estate Firms

    CREtech

    June 15, 2021 — CREtech (cretech.com), the largest media company devoted to covering the real estate technology sector, announced that its CREtech Consulting Practice has been supporting the world’s top real estate firms to generate significant returns on investment by adopting tech solutions within their portfolio. CREtech’s Global Innovation Consulting practice enables clients to reimagine their Real Estate business by advising on specific digital solutions, providing overall innovation str…

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  • MAG USA And Jabbrrbox Announce A New Cobranded Product: Escape Pods – Part Of The Jabbrrbox Network

    GSP International Airport

    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (JULY 22, 2021) – MAG USA and Jabbrrbox are partnering together to introduce Escape Pods – part of the Jabbrrbox network and expand upon the existing network of 16 pods across 8 US airports, signaling continued rapid growth for both companies and confidence in this popular product. Travelers will be delighted to hear that 50 additional Escape Pods will be rolled out across the United States by the fall of 2021 and the existing network will be cobranded as Escape Pods – part of …

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